Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone call with Iran’s president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian, Anadolu Agency reported.

According to the Turkish Presidential Communications Directorate, the two leaders discussed the escalation between Israel and Iran, as well as broader regional and global issues.

Erdogan extended his deepest condolences to the Iranian people over the victims of recent attacks and condemned Israel’s strikes on Iran as a blatant violation of international law.

He stated that these actions aim to “plunge the entire region into the flames of war” and derail the ongoing nuclear negotiations.

The Turkish president also said Israel is attempting to divert international attention from the “genocide in Gaza” by triggering an escalation with Iran.

Erdogan added that Ankara is closely monitoring the situation surrounding the potential nuclear leak at the Natanz facility and emphasized that diplomatic channels remain the only viable path to resolving the nuclear dispute.